Toe-pad for horseshoe-tips.



P. KIERNAN.4

TOE PAD FOR HORSESHOE TIPS.

APPLIoAfrIoN FILED MAB. 16, 190s.

i 905,709. Patented Dec. 1,-1908.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

PETER KIERNAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMESHENDERSON, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

TOE-PAD FOR HORSE SHOE-TIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented nec. 1, 1908.

Application filed March 16, 1908. Serial No. 421,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER KIERNAN, of Minneapolis, I-Iennepin county,Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toe-Padsfor Horseshoe-Tips, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a toe pad for use in connectionwith a rubber horse shoe pad which will raise the toe of the hoof to thelevel of the rubber pad at the heel and cushion it also and deaden thesound of the hoof on the pavement.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification; Figure1 is a perspective view of the horseshoe with my invention appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewillustrating the manner of mounting the toe pad on the tip.

In the drawing, 2 represents the heel pad mounted upon a flexible plate3 as usual in pads of this kind. I make no claim t0 this device as it isalready patented and in general for.

the flanges grip the pad and hold it securely in place. When it 1s worndown it may be removed and a new pad substituted there- This toe padwill prevent the horse from slip ing, will support the toe of the hoofon allevel with the heel, will deaden the sound when the horse istraveling over a pavement and will act as a cushion to yieldinglysupport the toe of the hoof and take up the jar and shock resulting fromthe hoof striking the hard pavement.

I claim as my invention:

The combination with a horse shoe heel. pad and a metal tip therefor,having a comparatively thin forward portion below the level of the treadsurface of said heel pad, said forward portion having thin curvedflanges formed thereon witha space between them, said flanges beingvertical continuations of the inner and outer surfaces of the forwardportion of said tip and having inwardly curved edges, the throat oropening between the said inwardly curved edges being narrower than thespace at the base of said flanges, and a rubber toe pad adapted to bedriven transversely into the space between said langes and be grippedand held therein by said inwardly turned edges, the outer face of saidtoe pad being on a level substantially with the tread surface of saidheel pad, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March1908.l

PETER KIERNAN.

Witnesses:

RICHARD PAUL, J. A. BYINGTON.

